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Israel/Palestine

lostincalifornia

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1. This is not a surprise. Hamas started this by their actions on October 7, and their consistent refusal to

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 12:32 PM

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release the hostages, and give up those responsible for the October 7 massacre.

Yahya Sinwar, sees Palestinian civilian deaths as "leverage".

All this could have ended a year and a half ago, but the dirty little secret is that Hamas didn't want it to.

The lack of criticism against Hamas is disgusting.

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This is not a surprise. Hamas started this by their actions on October 7, and their consistent refusal to lostincalifornia Saturday #1

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